To reduce costs and impact on wild fish stocks, carnivorous fish are increasingly fed plant-based diets in aquaculture. However, the rapid development in aquaculture fish production has not been matched by new methods that accurately can trace the food chain supply in aquaculture production. It’s one of the world’s most […]
Daily Archives: April 17, 2018
Sixteen new projects were funded by grants issued in early April The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute awarded its 2018-20 grants in early April with a goal to increase awareness of the importance of the Great Lakes to Wisconsin’s economy as well as the quality of life. These projects vary from […]
SKRETTING Zambia has called on fish farmers in the country to use high quality feed to increase production. Company sales officer Mary Banda said farmers need to take advantage of Zambia’s abundant water bodies and favourable temperatures in fish farming to boost the sector. In a statement on Friday, Ms […]
Health officials in Canada and the United Kingdom have announced a new initiative aimed at combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in livestock and aquaculture production in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Innovet-AMR, a partnership between the UK government’s Global AMR Innovation Fund and Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), will fund […]
Obvious Ventures, Aqua-Spark and Real Ventures invest in new methods for tracking and managing aquatic populations, making aquaculture more profitable and sustainable. XpertSea, a Canadian company which develops technologies to make aquaculture more profitable and sustainable, announced today that it has raised $10 million CAD in Series A financing. The financing is […]